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LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR MALCOLM CARTWRIGHT-TAYLOR, COMMANDING THE ROYAL MARINES, VISITED ROYAL MARINE UNITS IN SARAWAK'S FIRST DIVISION, OCT 1.

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LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR MALCOLM CARTWRIGHT-TAYLOR, COMMANDING THE ROYAL MARINES, VISITED ROYAL MARINE UNITS IN SARAWAK'S FIRST DIVISION, OCT 1. DURING HIS TOUR, HE BOARDED THE ROYAL NAVAL MINESWEEPER "WOOLASTON" AND THE MALAYSIAN GUNBOAT "SRI SELANGOR", BOTH OF WHICH ARE ANCHORED IN A RIVER IN KUCHING, THE SARAWAK CAPITAL.

THE SARAWAK UNITED PEOPLES PARTY, WHICH HAS BEEN ONE OF THE STRONG CRITICS OF THE PROPOSED MALAYSIA ORGANISED A MASS MEETING IN MIRI, SARAWAK, ADJOINING BRUNEI ON DECEMBER 8 TO CELEBRATE THE 2ND ANNIVERSARY.

ALMOST A THOUSAND PEOPLE GATHERED IN THE MIRI THEATRE, MIRI, SARAWAK, MARCH 11, TO PROTEST AGAINST THE PLAN ENVISAGED BY THE MALAYAN PRIME MINISTER, TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN, UNDER WHICH THE BRITISH TERRITORIES OF SARAWAK, NORTH BORNEO, THE SULTANATE OF BRUNEI, AND SINGAPORE WILL JOIN MALAYA IN THE MALAYSIA FEDERATION.